CP
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 8, 1985
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NAME
cp - copy
SYNOPSIS
cp
[
-ip
] file1 file2
cp
[
-ipr
] file ... directory
DESCRIPTION
File1
is copied onto
file2.
By default, the mode and owner of
file2
are preserved if it already
existed; otherwise the mode of the source file modified by the current
umask(2)
is used. The
-p
option causes
cp
to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies the modification
times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present
umask.
In the second form, one or more
files
are copied into the
directory
with their original file-names.
Cp
refuses to copy a file onto itself.
If the
-i
option is specified,
cp
will prompt the user with the name of the file
whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause
cp
to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
from overwriting the file.
If the
-r
option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
cp
copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
the destination must be a directory.
SEE ALSO
cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)
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